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i think people forget when they talk about bill clinton and i got a lot done -- which is true, welfare reform, four consecutive balanced budgets and serious reforms and we closed the government for six days in november of '95, closed it for 21 days in december and january. we had a knock-down drag-out period, beginning to realize we were both serious. i think right now that harry reid, senator majority leader and the president of the united states don't believe the house republicans are serious. my advice to them would be, have every single committee and subcommittee, starting january 3 hold hearings on every element of waste in the federal government. let the country see all the different ways we waste money to pick up on what congressman cantor said, spenning is the problem. i would drive issue after issue on spending. i will say look, we are glad to fix the tax rate, any time the president and the democrats want to talk and they are serious, we will talk to them. until then, we are going to get spending under control and do what we can to save our children and grandchildren. i think
i think people forget when they talk about bill clinton and i got a lot done -- which is true, welfare reform, four consecutive balanced budgets and serious reforms and we closed the government for six days in november of '95, closed it for 21 days in december and january. we had a knock-down drag-out period, beginning to realize we were both serious. i think right now that harry reid, senator majority leader and the president of the united states don't believe the house republicans are...
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bill clinton. we heard bill clinton fretting about this at the end of his presidency. it is safe to say that dwight d. eisenhower constantly fretted about the possibility of war. >> oh, he had a heart attack, a stroke, i mean, he was a mess. he was addicted to sleeping pills. he couldn't sleep. he was a mess. but he didn't show it. he showed a smiling, confident guy, enormously popular, 65% average popularity. presidents would kill for that. because the public sensed in him a goodness and command. he once said, you know, look, the '50s were boring so he doesn't get credit for much happening. but as eisenhower said, by god, it didn't just happen. >> john meacham, doris kerns good win, evan thomas, thank you so much. coming up, only 43 men have had the honor of calling themselves president of the united states. authors michael duffy and nancy gibbs draw back the curtain on the world's most exclusive fraternity. [ roasting firewood ] ♪ many hot dogs are within you. try pepto-bismol to-go, it's the power of pepto, but it fits in your pocket. now tell the world daniel...
bill clinton. we heard bill clinton fretting about this at the end of his presidency. it is safe to say that dwight d. eisenhower constantly fretted about the possibility of war. >> oh, he had a heart attack, a stroke, i mean, he was a mess. he was addicted to sleeping pills. he couldn't sleep. he was a mess. but he didn't show it. he showed a smiling, confident guy, enormously popular, 65% average popularity. presidents would kill for that. because the public sensed in him a goodness and...
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tax increases under bill clinton that are the taxes we would go back to if we do nothing. at the same time, i watched nancy pelosi lead the charge against the bush tax cuts that ultimately now they want to keep 98% of. the truth is if we go over the cliff on a tax basis, we're only going back to the clinton era taxes. if we don't change spending, we're going to stay over the cliff. even if we go back to the clinton tax rates, the clinton tax rates, which is what the cliff is described as, you still have nearly half a trillion dollars a year, $5 trillion over ten years worth of deficit. that's because while we grew the -- under bush the taxes revenue went up 25%, and spending went up 100% in the last 12 years. if you put back the revenue from the higher taxes, you still have a deficit. that's what we're trying to change. >> we kind of are where we are, and no one is talking about spending cuts. they're talking about keeps taxes low, which everybody agrees. let me ask a specific question first to the democrats here. if they came out with with a deal that said, all right, we
tax increases under bill clinton that are the taxes we would go back to if we do nothing. at the same time, i watched nancy pelosi lead the charge against the bush tax cuts that ultimately now they want to keep 98% of. the truth is if we go over the cliff on a tax basis, we're only going back to the clinton era taxes. if we don't change spending, we're going to stay over the cliff. even if we go back to the clinton tax rates, the clinton tax rates, which is what the cliff is described as, you...
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. >> a tiny tax cut compared to the biggest tax increase in history, which is what bill clinton did. >> republicans think they can just say things that rnt true and get away with it. but as lawrence showed, facts matter, even 20 years later. and that's no bologn aurks. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >> the bands of marriage. let's play hardball. >>> good evening. let me start with this. are we living in a liberal hour? john kerry is now this country's majority opinion. well, something here has stirred, but what is it? what has shifted the country from two-thirds against same-sex marriage to more than 50% for it. compassion, common sense? idea fatigued? the idea to specify a single argument against it? or is it family, friends, coworkerincowork workers and public by so many people that they are gay. is this why so many have changed their mind in marriage equality? in in cases, a major breakthrough. our guest, clark cooper and joan wallace. let's take a look at something that george will said this weekend. and the question is has the opposition of ga
. >> a tiny tax cut compared to the biggest tax increase in history, which is what bill clinton did. >> republicans think they can just say things that rnt true and get away with it. but as lawrence showed, facts matter, even 20 years later. and that's no bologn aurks. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >> the bands of marriage. let's play hardball. >>> good evening. let me start with this. are we living in a liberal hour?...
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matt damon does bill clinton. last night he told jay leno about an awkward bill clinton encounter he witnessed at a party back in the '90s. someone supposed up primary colors, that movie that gave a morally challenged portrait of clinton and damon remembers clinton's response about the actor who refused to play limb in the movie. >> in pausing he goes, you know, i understand they offered that part to tom hanks. tom hanks turned it down. he said it was disrespectful to the office of the president of the united states of america. i like tom hanks. >> now we know how clinton tells you what he feels about someone else. >>> next, a lot of republicans are still trying to figure out how to win elections. one idea broaden your base to attract more voters. another possibility, keep talking up voter photo i.d. laws and trying to prevent democrats from casting a ballot. enter republican campaign consultant scott trantor. here he is at a panel discussion yesterday talking about why democrats and republicans will never agree a
matt damon does bill clinton. last night he told jay leno about an awkward bill clinton encounter he witnessed at a party back in the '90s. someone supposed up primary colors, that movie that gave a morally challenged portrait of clinton and damon remembers clinton's response about the actor who refused to play limb in the movie. >> in pausing he goes, you know, i understand they offered that part to tom hanks. tom hanks turned it down. he said it was disrespectful to the office of the...
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. >> what about pre-diet bill clinton? >> i was going to say -- >> he had to jog and stop eating pizza. >> he didn't stop eating pizza, and bill clinton struggled with this for a very long time. the reason that bill clinton is such a voice now about obesity and about childhood obesity especially is because of his own issues with his heart problem. he had quadruple bypass surgery. he was one of the most famous "saturday night live" skits that there is. phil hartman, warlords and eating cheeseburgers. we were just speaking about it during the convention. the reality is that bill clinton was known as somebody -- he jogged, but never really changed his lifestyle until after he had a crisis. >> let's talk about somebody who did talk about contemplating changing their lifestyle should they decide. haley barbour from the great state of mississippi. he once said -- he said this at cpac in 2010, the political action conference, if you see i lose 40 pounds, you'll know i'm either running or got cancer, which is a really awful sort o
. >> what about pre-diet bill clinton? >> i was going to say -- >> he had to jog and stop eating pizza. >> he didn't stop eating pizza, and bill clinton struggled with this for a very long time. the reason that bill clinton is such a voice now about obesity and about childhood obesity especially is because of his own issues with his heart problem. he had quadruple bypass surgery. he was one of the most famous "saturday night live" skits that there is. phil...
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bill clinton was the star. his job was to nominate obama for a second term in 2012. i really believe at the end of that speech if he had said, hey, while we're at it, can we nominate hillary for 2016 as the successor, by acclimation, that place would have done it. the change in mood toward the kk clintons was amazing. >> can hillary count on the same level of support, especially if the republicans, for example, were to run say marco rubio? >> absolutely. i mean, if hillary clinton when she ran against president obama actually won the latino vote 2 to 1. more importantly, a lot of lee tonos will remember how prosperous they were under a clinton administration versus a bush administration. not only would they definitely fall in line behind hillary clinton, but also let's not forget that latinas outvote their male counterparts. so they will be leading the charge in the polling booth in favor of hillary clinton no doubt. >> wow, i cannot wait. already licking my lips at the thought of it. thank you all. >>> next, the folks behind that hash tag fire boehner tell us who wo
bill clinton was the star. his job was to nominate obama for a second term in 2012. i really believe at the end of that speech if he had said, hey, while we're at it, can we nominate hillary for 2016 as the successor, by acclimation, that place would have done it. the change in mood toward the kk clintons was amazing. >> can hillary count on the same level of support, especially if the republicans, for example, were to run say marco rubio? >> absolutely. i mean, if hillary clinton...
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he has the advantage here, the polls indicate, as with bill clinton and this showdown with newt gingrich. the public tends to blame republicans when this happens. especially now at a time when over on the house side, you have so many republicans who are so far right and worry about farther right running against them in primary, that john boehner's plan last week. we don't know how much has changed since last week. but president obama sounded like he was saying something that he had been planning to say a all along. >> take a listen to the president's tone and tell me if you think somebody has changed. >> ordinary folks. they do their jobs. they meet deadlines. they sit down and they discuss things and then things happen. if there are disagreements, they sort through the disagreements. the notion that our elected leadership can't do the same thing is mind boggling to them. >> joy, is this is same kind of negotiator we saw in the first term? >> i'll tell you, richard. one of the things you notice that the president didn't do was offer any new plan. i think he's laying this debacle squarely
he has the advantage here, the polls indicate, as with bill clinton and this showdown with newt gingrich. the public tends to blame republicans when this happens. especially now at a time when over on the house side, you have so many republicans who are so far right and worry about farther right running against them in primary, that john boehner's plan last week. we don't know how much has changed since last week. but president obama sounded like he was saying something that he had been...
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because bill clinton had bill cohen. so he's getting hit from so many different sides. >> he's getting -- and he's getting hit from republicans. he's getting hit from every side. i think it was an obtuse choice. and what the white house has done in floating his name and then being m.i.a. so, yeah, chuck hagel's nomination is d.o.a., and in the meantime, the white house is m.i.a. he's got to work really, really hard to find a nominee who is offensive to democrat-based constituencies like gay advocates, like israel advocates, like environmentalists and who is also offensive to republicans. you really have to work hard to find that combination. >> i think that's a totally strong point. he has no one in his corner, basically, except the president. >> and you talked about bill cohen as secretary of defense. did you know bill cohen got nominated and approved, unanimously, by the u.s. senate? >> john kerry is liked by more republicans than this guy. >> chuck schumer won't support -- >> a very different time. but we've got a rec
because bill clinton had bill cohen. so he's getting hit from so many different sides. >> he's getting -- and he's getting hit from republicans. he's getting hit from every side. i think it was an obtuse choice. and what the white house has done in floating his name and then being m.i.a. so, yeah, chuck hagel's nomination is d.o.a., and in the meantime, the white house is m.i.a. he's got to work really, really hard to find a nominee who is offensive to democrat-based constituencies like...
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these are -- this is an idea that seems fairly reasonable and when presented by bill clinton, you know, new yorkers didn't attack it and so i think part of what we're seeing sadly is again rahm emanuel's comment never let a good crisis go to waste and gun advocates jumped on every tragedy and tried to exploit it. i think the nra did well to hold off for awhile in responding. >> i take what you say about the mood of it, here's something that i think was important, the first half of the wayne lapierre statement in which he passionate ly scored our culture, the video games, the movies, the whole thing, we've all been through this for 25 years yet cannot say it enough our culture is helping to make unstable people sick and dangerous. it does make a contribution. he was right to say it, i was delighted to hear it. i am for the banning of the extended magazines or extended clips, i can never figure out exactly how to say that but i know what it is. i don't think there's any reason to have 33 bulletets in a killi machine you can take into places like schools. i think there are simple and disc
these are -- this is an idea that seems fairly reasonable and when presented by bill clinton, you know, new yorkers didn't attack it and so i think part of what we're seeing sadly is again rahm emanuel's comment never let a good crisis go to waste and gun advocates jumped on every tragedy and tried to exploit it. i think the nra did well to hold off for awhile in responding. >> i take what you say about the mood of it, here's something that i think was important, the first half of the...
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bill clinton has a magic 60% approval rating. secretary clinton trails just two points behind that. way ahead of president obama at 53%, and the democratic party at 44%. joining me now is former congresswoman ellen. she was also the state department's top arms control official and margaret carlson, political columnist with bloomberg view coming to us from new york. welcome both of you. margaret, what is your take? you've watched, you know, these clips with barbara walters, the interview, and what -- even barbara walters couldn't get more out of her, although she always gets the best answers. she says she wants to watch hgtv, you know, that's home and garden tv, i think, ladies. i don't know. it's beyond me. tell me about this. >> for those that do watch it, yes, that's home and garden, and, by the way, i'm with her, sister. >> i sort of can't see that with these numbers. i mean, clearly, she deserves time off and a good break and a lot of fun and travel if she wants to and no travel, but what do you think she's going to do? >> well, andrea, you and i covered the bhous together, and
bill clinton has a magic 60% approval rating. secretary clinton trails just two points behind that. way ahead of president obama at 53%, and the democratic party at 44%. joining me now is former congresswoman ellen. she was also the state department's top arms control official and margaret carlson, political columnist with bloomberg view coming to us from new york. welcome both of you. margaret, what is your take? you've watched, you know, these clips with barbara walters, the interview, and...
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. >> best campaigner for a guy not even running, bill clinton. best comic relief, joe biden. best trend in political reporter, the big bump in fact checks even though the candidate pretty much ignored them. vp candidate paul ryan. >> there was a lot of googling about what does paul ryan think about the economy. the number one was paul ryan shirtless. >> worst way to show your true colors. the guy who had the romney/ryan logo tattooed on his face. ever hear of bumper stickers? best fund-raising. both sides stuffed their piggy banks until they squealed. total amount raised by the parties and their supporters, nearly $6 billion or enough to hire 3,600 extra teachers for ten years. just saying. worst running mates, other republican candidates who crushed their hopes about taking the senate with comments about rape and abortion. worst thing in all of politics once again this year, the united states congress, which according to gallup americans trust just slightly more than car dealers. >> the good thing for congress is there's nowhere to go but up. >> best way to keep the polls go
. >> best campaigner for a guy not even running, bill clinton. best comic relief, joe biden. best trend in political reporter, the big bump in fact checks even though the candidate pretty much ignored them. vp candidate paul ryan. >> there was a lot of googling about what does paul ryan think about the economy. the number one was paul ryan shirtless. >> worst way to show your true colors. the guy who had the romney/ryan logo tattooed on his face. ever hear of bumper stickers?...
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also attended the summer olympics in london and even made a bet with former president bill clinton on the ryder cup which he paid up for, by the way. this year i talked to the biggest names in sport about what it takes to be the very best and what it feels like to be a world champion. what a moment. for you, eh? the green jacket. can i touch it? >> yeah, go ahead. >> how does it feel? >> it feels nice. >> how does it really feel to be bubba watson right now? >> it's overwhelming. people like yourself wanting to talk to me. for me to come to new york and do these interviews and meet you for first time. it's a special time. >> why have you given me the big exclusive interview. somebody's told me the rather unnerving reason why. >> because when you were on this other show "america's got talent" you were a [ bleep ]. so i wanted to come here and make fun of you just like you make fun of everybody else. >> i heard that was the reason. it genuinely was, wasn't it? >> yeah. >> because i'm a [ bleep ]. i don't care how we got you here, i'll take it. how hard it is, mike, for people who have b
also attended the summer olympics in london and even made a bet with former president bill clinton on the ryder cup which he paid up for, by the way. this year i talked to the biggest names in sport about what it takes to be the very best and what it feels like to be a world champion. what a moment. for you, eh? the green jacket. can i touch it? >> yeah, go ahead. >> how does it feel? >> it feels nice. >> how does it really feel to be bubba watson right now? >>...
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"meet the press." >> if their competitor in '16 is going to be hillary clinton, supported by bill clinton and presumably a still relatively popular president barack obama, trying to win that will be truly the super bowl, and the republican party today is incapable of competing at that level. >> incapable of competing at that level. what a statement. hillary clinton isn't saying anything right now about her plans. "the new york times" reported over the weekend that aides and friends say they expect she'll exit the state department shortly after the inauguration this january 20th and spend a couple months resting and thinking about what she wants to do next. i think that makes sense. and we'll be right back. ♪ [ male announcer ] with a select terrain dial that adjusts the jeep grand cherokee's performance for specific weather and road conditions... ♪ ...even heavy snowstorms... won't keep you from getting to work. our apologies. ♪ >>> welcome back to "hardball." when the governor of a major state switches political parties, it's very big news. it's last time this happened in a big sta
"meet the press." >> if their competitor in '16 is going to be hillary clinton, supported by bill clinton and presumably a still relatively popular president barack obama, trying to win that will be truly the super bowl, and the republican party today is incapable of competing at that level. >> incapable of competing at that level. what a statement. hillary clinton isn't saying anything right now about her plans. "the new york times" reported over the weekend...
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bill clinton, john edwards. men in power think they live by different rules. >> let's turn now to the royal family. even the royal family couldn't escape the list. >> in this case, prince harry? that kid has had trouble after trouble. if you invite people to your room, get drunk and play strip poker, you're going to be in the tabloids. the duchess was alone in a french villa and they used long lenses to take pictures of her. completely different scenario. that is why he deserves to be in the media and she doesn't. >> is it a double standard because he's a guy? they brushed it off. if a female member of the royal family had taken pictures like prince harry, it would be a different story. >> if she had invited a bunch of people she met to get drunk and play strip poker and take pictures, you're opening yourself up for that. we have to limit them by profiting off of pictures of celebrities by invading their privacy and that's what it's about. a different scenario. we have to have standards. i agree with this one. >
bill clinton, john edwards. men in power think they live by different rules. >> let's turn now to the royal family. even the royal family couldn't escape the list. >> in this case, prince harry? that kid has had trouble after trouble. if you invite people to your room, get drunk and play strip poker, you're going to be in the tabloids. the duchess was alone in a french villa and they used long lenses to take pictures of her. completely different scenario. that is why he deserves to...
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bill clinton lost 54 house seats and 8 senate seats. both parties said that the 98 result was due in part, maybe in hole, to the republican's backlash who seemed focused on the lew irksz nsky scandal. two republican midterms there. republicans gained ground in 2002, a 9/11 halo effect, if you will, before losing big in 2006. so what's behind the truth of this theory of the six-year itch? it seems logical that the pendulum would swing to both parties. but when you look at the case, there are extenuating circumstances. by the time his second midterm rolled around, harry truman was four months into intervention in korea, a controversial effort that republicans used against him. by the midterms in 1958, u.s. unemployment had spiked to nearly 7%, that was double what it had been when he was first elected six years earlier. during the 2006 midterms, u.s. was three years into the iraq war and facing heavy with president bush and his party. so what are the lessons for president obama and the democrats? should they worry about a six-year itch? i
bill clinton lost 54 house seats and 8 senate seats. both parties said that the 98 result was due in part, maybe in hole, to the republican's backlash who seemed focused on the lew irksz nsky scandal. two republican midterms there. republicans gained ground in 2002, a 9/11 halo effect, if you will, before losing big in 2006. so what's behind the truth of this theory of the six-year itch? it seems logical that the pendulum would swing to both parties. but when you look at the case, there are...
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and people -- that was the genius of bill clinton. he was a democrat from arkansas that knew how to deal with both sides. >> the vote yesterday on the disability treaty was painful. >> with bob dole on the floor. >> terrible, terrible. >> you saw the people that were willing to be moderate in the republican caucus and several of them of the handful that voted for the treaty, several of them are leaving. the moderate caucus, if fear of primaries has become a real probl problem. >> it wasn't even a moderate vote. you're asking the rest of the world to follow the guidelines of a republican president who is very conservative son started pushing the treaty. this wasn't a moderate vote. >> it wasn't. we're actually exerting our standards on the rest of the world. >> it was a fact free -- and you look at, like, the co-sponsor of it voted no. bob corker will be ranking member of foreign relations. voted no. >> who else voted no? >> this is all a concern about the primary. >> jon kyl voted no? >> todd akin is going to beat them in the primary.
and people -- that was the genius of bill clinton. he was a democrat from arkansas that knew how to deal with both sides. >> the vote yesterday on the disability treaty was painful. >> with bob dole on the floor. >> terrible, terrible. >> you saw the people that were willing to be moderate in the republican caucus and several of them of the handful that voted for the treaty, several of them are leaving. the moderate caucus, if fear of primaries has become a real probl...
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he needs to do what bill clinton did. he needs to do what president reagan did. president reagan was willing to sit down with the democratic speaker of the house and work on real common sense solutions. >> he met with speaker baner. >> he sat down once. >> couldn't speaker boehner get his house republicans to go along with his plan b. >> look at plan b. plan b was a plan that was advocated by nancy pelosi, was advocated by chuck schumer less than two years ago. they said that what we should do is raise taxes on people that make a million dollars or above. there were only 50 house republicans who said they were not going to vote for plan b. you couldn't even get 50 house democrats to vote for something like that, to send somethi to the senate and then the senate could maybe raise taxes on people that make less than that. so don't blame the republicans when it's the democrats that are unwilling to work on anything. when the president said that he wanted to look at chain cpi -- >> that's the -- >> that's a nonstarter. >> changing the way social security payments are
he needs to do what bill clinton did. he needs to do what president reagan did. president reagan was willing to sit down with the democratic speaker of the house and work on real common sense solutions. >> he met with speaker baner. >> he sat down once. >> couldn't speaker boehner get his house republicans to go along with his plan b. >> look at plan b. plan b was a plan that was advocated by nancy pelosi, was advocated by chuck schumer less than two years ago. they said...
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when you compare it to tip o'neill and ronald reagan or newt gingrich in the second term of bill clinton. both told me, clinton and gingrich, they would get in a room, throw out the advisers and thrash out a deal. >> maybe they began that an sunday. i have the feeling that if you really left it to the president and the speaker, obama and boehner, they could work it out. they got forces behind both that will try to separate them, but that's where their leadership comes into play. look, this country -- i'd rather be an american economically poised for the future than a citizen of any other country in the world. what's standing in the way of us really surging economically is the government, and if we can get together and adopt a bipartisan long-term debt reduction plan, i think our economy's going to take off. >> i want to get into foreign policy now. you are the three amigos, the experts in this genre. i want to talk about the middle east exploding that you've hinted at and also benghazi and susan rice, which i know is a favorite subject of yours, senator. >> so good of you, pierce. it's m
when you compare it to tip o'neill and ronald reagan or newt gingrich in the second term of bill clinton. both told me, clinton and gingrich, they would get in a room, throw out the advisers and thrash out a deal. >> maybe they began that an sunday. i have the feeling that if you really left it to the president and the speaker, obama and boehner, they could work it out. they got forces behind both that will try to separate them, but that's where their leadership comes into play. look,...
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and the clinton administration helped. the bill was passed, and the president signed it. it can be done. >> senator, we're having a little problem with your microphone which we'll remedy as we continue our conversation. david brooks, we immediately go after a tragedy like this to the gun control debate. more than a mental illness debate. as we look at the faces of these killers, in these recent incidents, what is the common thread that you find throughout them? they all appear to be young males, mentally -- at the very least, mentally unbalanced. why do we so quickly move to the gun debate? >> first on the profile, we have had enough of this cases, we don't on this specific guy, but we've had enough cases to get a profile what they tend to be like. they are typically intelligent. something happens to them that damages that high estimation of themselves. they feel they are not being recognized by the world at large and decide they are going to do something to make the world recognize them. and so they go out and do these terrible things. and at the moment they're doing the
and the clinton administration helped. the bill was passed, and the president signed it. it can be done. >> senator, we're having a little problem with your microphone which we'll remedy as we continue our conversation. david brooks, we immediately go after a tragedy like this to the gun control debate. more than a mental illness debate. as we look at the faces of these killers, in these recent incidents, what is the common thread that you find throughout them? they all appear to be young...
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they treated her and treated bill clinton as the good democrat and she has a 70% approval rating. there has to be a moment sometime soon where republicans go back to attacking the clintons daily. it's the only way to stop her. the significance of this moment is this is where it begins. it may not be benghazi they are over, but this is the moment when their posture will shift. >> i agree with that and i also agree with the sentiment that this is not going to have a big impact on ambitions. republicans missed an opportunity to make a political point about hillary on this. instead they decided to focus wrongly on susan rice who had very little to do with this and this conversation about her talking points on sunday, morning talk shows. mccain gave hillary a pass. it's the holidays and there is other stuff in the news. hillary will leave the state department and go on to do great work in the world in nonprofit areas. it will be hard for republicans to attack her past this point because she is not going to be in the political arena until she declares to run for president in 2016. >> sh
they treated her and treated bill clinton as the good democrat and she has a 70% approval rating. there has to be a moment sometime soon where republicans go back to attacking the clintons daily. it's the only way to stop her. the significance of this moment is this is where it begins. it may not be benghazi they are over, but this is the moment when their posture will shift. >> i agree with that and i also agree with the sentiment that this is not going to have a big impact on ambitions....
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and i think budget krerkt panetta under bill clinton made more sense than secretary of defense panetta. but it's getting better. i co-authored an amendment this past session to freeze defense spending, to reduce what was recommended by the appropriations committee. not enough of a cut. but for the first time in my congressional career a good majority of the house voted to refuse what the appropriators wanted by co-sponsoring -- by the way, it was a tea party republican and 80% of the democrats voted with me. our you're going to see either you make substantial reductions in the military or you make substantial reductions in medicare and i think when that choice comes -- >> okay. here's john boehner talking about his future as speaker. here it is. >> i'm not concerned about my job as speaker. what i'm doing about is dpog the right things for my kids and grandkids. if we don't fix this spending problem their future is going to be rather bleak. >> congressman, quickly, what's your take on that? >> he's got this right-wing constituency to which he is responding. and again, it's not spoly th
and i think budget krerkt panetta under bill clinton made more sense than secretary of defense panetta. but it's getting better. i co-authored an amendment this past session to freeze defense spending, to reduce what was recommended by the appropriations committee. not enough of a cut. but for the first time in my congressional career a good majority of the house voted to refuse what the appropriators wanted by co-sponsoring -- by the way, it was a tea party republican and 80% of the democrats...
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bush than they are with bill clinton. they want to keep most of the bush tax cuts, but it's not 96%, it's about 75%. it's 96% of folks will have the same tax bracket, but above that, you're paying a lot more and getting a ton of money because of the level of inequality in the country. the white house wants to raise taxes on the top 2%, 3%, 4%, much higher than they were under clinton. you have to include, a, other taxes you just mentioned, alex, also the high-end increases in the affordable care act, which is kicking in the next month or so. >> taxes galore, thank you, ezra klein, for shedding a light in the way not many else can. >>> licking heels, other gop members suffer from delusions and denial. is there a prescription that can cure both ailments? we'll diagnosis next on "now." very sore looking kinda blistery. it was like a red rash... like somebody had set a bag of hot charcoal on my neck. i was a firefighter for 24 years. but, i have never encountered such a burning sensation until i had the shingles. i remember i
bush than they are with bill clinton. they want to keep most of the bush tax cuts, but it's not 96%, it's about 75%. it's 96% of folks will have the same tax bracket, but above that, you're paying a lot more and getting a ton of money because of the level of inequality in the country. the white house wants to raise taxes on the top 2%, 3%, 4%, much higher than they were under clinton. you have to include, a, other taxes you just mentioned, alex, also the high-end increases in the affordable...
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we found a number of areas -- the president likes talking about, he and bill clinton have a great affinity for each other. he loves talking about the clinton tax increases as if that is what balance the budget. it did not. it was not until later. the republican congress comes in and finally controls spending. that is when we got to a balanced budget with economic growth. 1980's, in thend 2003 tax cuts we are debating now, the federal government through tax cuts to give tremendous increases in revenue. if you want to get new revenue, within three years, the federal treasury to an 40% money by cutting taxes. the myth that you need to raise taxes to get more revenue, i would argue history proves tax cuts generate it through economic growth to get you to a balanced budget. should we focus on fixing the problem or appeasing the president's pound of flesh he wants to get out of class warfare he played during the campaign? >> you are saying the tax rate increases proposed by the president are more a statement of philosophic principle than economic principle? >> it goes to his class warfare messag
we found a number of areas -- the president likes talking about, he and bill clinton have a great affinity for each other. he loves talking about the clinton tax increases as if that is what balance the budget. it did not. it was not until later. the republican congress comes in and finally controls spending. that is when we got to a balanced budget with economic growth. 1980's, in thend 2003 tax cuts we are debating now, the federal government through tax cuts to give tremendous increases in...
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. >> if their competitor in '16 is going to be hillary clinton supported by bill clinton and presumably a still relatively popular president barack obama, trying to win that will be truly the super bowl. and the republican party today is incapable of competing at that level. >> we just had the super bowl. now we talk about the next one. "new york times" reporter jody cantor interviewed a number of clinton aides about the future plans of hillary clinton and they didn't hold back. jody, great to have you with me today. all corners of clinton world went on record with you about this. you point out the down sides ofa white house run in your piece saying the more serious issue here is she's about 2016, the less she can do. no frank, seen it all memoir. no clients, commissions or controversial positions that could prove problematic. given what the aides told you is it likely she's going to go off the grid for the next several years? >> she's definitely going off the grid for a few weeks or months. her plan is to try to exit the department of state by shortly after inauguration day. and then s
. >> if their competitor in '16 is going to be hillary clinton supported by bill clinton and presumably a still relatively popular president barack obama, trying to win that will be truly the super bowl. and the republican party today is incapable of competing at that level. >> we just had the super bowl. now we talk about the next one. "new york times" reporter jody cantor interviewed a number of clinton aides about the future plans of hillary clinton and they didn't hold...
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when bill clinton passed that budget deal, he didn't get a single republican vote. and there hasn't been a republican vote for tax increases in 20 years, and if the deal falls apart today-- which i think it probably will-- the reason is there will be no republican votes. even in the senate, much less to the house for a tax increase, which is what they're talking about. >> in the short term there's no political penalty to pay for that, back to your point, i guess, that we re-elected both a democratic president and because-- because of jerry manneddering, so there's no political price to pay so members of congress with vote in the interest of the their constituents and not the best center of the country. >> o'donnell: we're going to take a short break and talk about 2013 and what the new emotio administration will look like. we'll be right back. stay with us. then, the united club. my mother was so wrong about you. next, we get priority boarding on our flight i booked with miles. all because of the card. and me. okay, what's the plan? plan? mm-hmm. we're on vacation.
when bill clinton passed that budget deal, he didn't get a single republican vote. and there hasn't been a republican vote for tax increases in 20 years, and if the deal falls apart today-- which i think it probably will-- the reason is there will be no republican votes. even in the senate, much less to the house for a tax increase, which is what they're talking about. >> in the short term there's no political penalty to pay for that, back to your point, i guess, that we re-elected both a...
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we need to take a book out of bill clinton's presidency in 1998 where he used this type of approach to be able to prepare the way for social security, and for this case, grand bargain. that is what needs to happen. let me give you three simple ideas for congress. no budget, no pay. i am serious. this is one of our mantra. if you do not pass a budget by the beginning of the fiscal year, you do not get paid until you do, and there is no retroactive pay and. california did it. had a behavioral impact. no deal, no break. starting in 2013, they do not any recesses until they get a grand bargain. these people get seven times more days off than the typical american. if they got paid for performance, they would owe us money. thirdly, every member of congress should be required to prepare their own taxes. everyone should be required to prepare their own taxes because if they had to do it, they would wake up and we would get tax reform lot quicker. i ask people who prepare their taxes, less than 5%. as the governor knows, a lot of people, i do not get deductions but for two things. interest's on
we need to take a book out of bill clinton's presidency in 1998 where he used this type of approach to be able to prepare the way for social security, and for this case, grand bargain. that is what needs to happen. let me give you three simple ideas for congress. no budget, no pay. i am serious. this is one of our mantra. if you do not pass a budget by the beginning of the fiscal year, you do not get paid until you do, and there is no retroactive pay and. california did it. had a behavioral...
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they should have built a very big national campaign the way bill clinton was able to do. thank you, rana foroohar. and thank you, steve kornacki, as always, my colleague from the network we both serve. thank you. see you all in the next year. >>> up next, the election is over. now it's time for president obama to get things done, and he has less time than you might think. strategizing a second term. let's talk the future. this is "hardball," the place for politics. to the best vacation spot on earth. (all) the gulf! it doesn't matter which of our great states folks visit. mississippi, alabama, louisiana or florida, they're gonna love it. shaul, your alabama hospitality is incredible. thanks, karen. love your mississippi outdoors. i vote for your florida beaches, dawn. bill, this louisiana seafood is delicious. we're having such a great year on the gulf, we've decided to put aside our rivalry. now is the perfect time to visit anyone of our states. the beaches and waters couldn't be more beautiful. take a boat ride, go fishing or just lay in the sun. we've got coastline to
they should have built a very big national campaign the way bill clinton was able to do. thank you, rana foroohar. and thank you, steve kornacki, as always, my colleague from the network we both serve. thank you. see you all in the next year. >>> up next, the election is over. now it's time for president obama to get things done, and he has less time than you might think. strategizing a second term. let's talk the future. this is "hardball," the place for politics. to the...
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. $250,000 no subject to the same rates as the were under bill clinton. when i go to my hometown and you mentioned sequestration, they look at you like you are on mars. what they care about is jobs. they want to see the country back to work and the nation pulling together. they saw vividly chris christie and barack obama, the president and the governor of new jersey on the jersey shore line after the disaster saying we have to rebuild, we have to invest in the american people, and that means investments in infrastructure. not just for repairs but to improve so that commerce continues following. the key element in all of this, the president talked about it again yesterday and we had bills on the floor and we ought to be addressing this issue. host: congressman john larson represents connecticut's first district and is the chairman of the democratic caucus. he just won reelection and is wrapping up his seventh term in congress. in usa today it says -- what are you telling members of the democratic caucus? you plan to have a meeting later on? guest: we had a
. $250,000 no subject to the same rates as the were under bill clinton. when i go to my hometown and you mentioned sequestration, they look at you like you are on mars. what they care about is jobs. they want to see the country back to work and the nation pulling together. they saw vividly chris christie and barack obama, the president and the governor of new jersey on the jersey shore line after the disaster saying we have to rebuild, we have to invest in the american people, and that means...
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it's men in power, thinking they can get away with it, bill clinton, john edwards, newt gingrich. one after the other. men in power think they live by different rules, that's why he deserves to be top of the chart. >> let's turn to the royal family. even the royal family couldn't escape the list. >> well, absolutely not. and in this case, though, prince harry, the kid's had trouble after trouble. if you invite a bunch of people to your room, get drunk and play strip poker, allow them to take pictures you're going to be in the press. he's a horrible prince harry in that regard. the duchess unfortunately for her, had some expectations of privacy, she was alone on a french villa. they used long lenses to take pictures of her. that's why he deserves to be in the media, she doesn't. >> is it a double standard, because he's a guy. everyone said, you know what, they kind of brushed it off a little bit. if a woman, a female member of the royal family had taken pictures like prince harry, it would be quite a different story. >> i think it would be, the scenarios are different, if she had i
it's men in power, thinking they can get away with it, bill clinton, john edwards, newt gingrich. one after the other. men in power think they live by different rules, that's why he deserves to be top of the chart. >> let's turn to the royal family. even the royal family couldn't escape the list. >> well, absolutely not. and in this case, though, prince harry, the kid's had trouble after trouble. if you invite a bunch of people to your room, get drunk and play strip poker, allow...
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it's men in power thinking they can get away with it, bill clinton, john edwards, newt gingrich, and it's endemic of women in power thinking they can live by different rules. >> let's turn now to the royal family. even the royal family couldn't escape the litany? >> absolutely not. in this case, though, prince harry. he had trouble after trouble. if you invite a bunch of people to your room, get drunk, play strip poker, and allow them to take pictures, you're going to be in the press. while the duchess unfortunately for her had some expectations of privacy, she was alone on a french villa, and they used long lenses to take pictures of her. completely different scenario. that's why he deserves to be in the media and she doesn't for what she did. >> is it a double standard, though, because he's a guy, and so everyone has said, you know, they brush it off a little bit. if a woman, a female member of the royal family had taken pictures like prince harry, it would be quite a different story. >> i think it would be, but the scenarios are different. if she invited a bunch of people she met
it's men in power thinking they can get away with it, bill clinton, john edwards, newt gingrich, and it's endemic of women in power thinking they can live by different rules. >> let's turn now to the royal family. even the royal family couldn't escape the litany? >> absolutely not. in this case, though, prince harry. he had trouble after trouble. if you invite a bunch of people to your room, get drunk, play strip poker, and allow them to take pictures, you're going to be in the...
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and 1993 under bill clinton, the democrat, these were the last two tax hikes we had and both times there was a ban led by gring rich in '93. they said you can't raise the rates. it won't bring in revenue. it will kill jobs and plunge us into a second recession. there's incredible footage of gingrich and saying this and i look back to the 1990's and not only did we have the longest sustained period of the growth in the postwar era we had shrinking deficits. >> but the reason for that was because of tdot com boom. >> but the claim was that raising these rates would make it impossible for the economy to grow. >> the problem is all we're talking about is raising taxes. this is a political pro if i for the president. we're not talking about the real issue of cutting spending. why is that not part of the conversation? >> i'm curious as to what we could cut spending. at the in a moment nondefense discretionary spending is almost cut to the bone. any more and you're knocking millions of kids and old people off of programs and resources. when it comes to entitlements we've already cut under the a
and 1993 under bill clinton, the democrat, these were the last two tax hikes we had and both times there was a ban led by gring rich in '93. they said you can't raise the rates. it won't bring in revenue. it will kill jobs and plunge us into a second recession. there's incredible footage of gingrich and saying this and i look back to the 1990's and not only did we have the longest sustained period of the growth in the postwar era we had shrinking deficits. >> but the reason for that was...
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clinton. he pushed it over. if he pushes gun control in some fashion on assault weapons and doesn't get it done, believe me, that will be a positive part of his legacy whether he succeeds or not. >> last word to you. >> i mean, we have those laws in existence. i would suggest to you part of going to these kind of solutions, it creates a false security. we have now solved the problem. no, we haven't. what we really need to address is, in fact, what do we do with people who we think are threats and have mental illness problems, and how do we do that? i mean, in virginia tech there was a clear situation, and we had certain laws in place, privacy laws, that don't allow parents to be able to effectively engage to sort of help in this situation. >> and there were armed guards on campus in virginia tech, just like there were armed guards in columbine. >> i'm not arguing that point. i'm saying how do we get to the solution, and i think just jumping to conclusions here, i think we need a thoughtful pro
clinton. he pushed it over. if he pushes gun control in some fashion on assault weapons and doesn't get it done, believe me, that will be a positive part of his legacy whether he succeeds or not. >> last word to you. >> i mean, we have those laws in existence. i would suggest to you part of going to these kind of solutions, it creates a false security. we have now solved the problem. no, we haven't. what we really need to address is, in fact, what do we do with people who we think...
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then i got involved with president clinton, trying to get the assault weapons bill passed because we had put language in there for large magazine clips. >> which were used in long island? >> they were used on the long island railroad shooting. and meeting with my congress people and other congress people from long island, and their attitude and how they were going to vote and how they said, yes, they were going to support the president. and then turned around and voted the other way. happened to be just walking down the steps of the capitol. a reporter came up to me after the vote, that my congressman voted to repeal the assault weapons ban, how mad are you? i'd be honest with you, i was furious. they said, would you run for congress? and i said yes. i didn't think anybody would pay attention to what i said. by the time i got home, people were ringing my door bell, coming at my house. somebody named dick gephardt called, do you want to run? i didn't know who he was, i didn't know who they were. it just started that way. it just started that way. so when you say how i handled my grief
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bill clinton impeached, on and on. >> yes. except that, of course, almost everything you list is a consequence of what these presidents did in their first terms. water gait happen watergate happened in nixon's first term. iran contra is one exception. the seeds of that are in the attempt to aid the contras in nicaragua first term. monica lewinsky showed up at the white house in 1995, first term. george bush's iraq agony was because of decisions he made in his first term. there's a certain myth about this. people say you get re-elected and get arrogant and cocky. you look a lot of this is what's happened to presidents before they get re-elected. a way of me say, even if you do disagree. i saw bartlett nodding his head so i think i'm going with him. you have to think before you casually say there's a second curse. after impeachment, clinton 11th the white house with 66% approval rating and after iran contra, reagan left with a 63% approval rating. it's not that cut and dried presidents have to go through this. >> you do agree, l
bill clinton impeached, on and on. >> yes. except that, of course, almost everything you list is a consequence of what these presidents did in their first terms. water gait happen watergate happened in nixon's first term. iran contra is one exception. the seeds of that are in the attempt to aid the contras in nicaragua first term. monica lewinsky showed up at the white house in 1995, first term. george bush's iraq agony was because of decisions he made in his first term. there's a certain...
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clinton? what do you want to hear from her when she finally testifies? >> well of course the blame is on the libyan terrorists and we don't want to minimize that but when it comes to the things we can control, our own government i think the state department and the obama administration as a whole must be made accountable. this was a terrorist attack that where four americans diplomats were murdered. gregg: should she want to know, should she have been involved in security? >> not only should she have known, i want to know why in the seven hours that this firefight took place why did this accountability review board not even interview hillary clinton? she was just presented with the report. at no time was she interviewed. gregg: yeah. >> what did she do during those seven hours? where was president obama during those seven hours? in a fund-raiser in las vegas? why weren't they trying to do something, scramble a jet so that the terrorists would no the u.s. is there? gregg: we looked into this. f
clinton? what do you want to hear from her when she finally testifies? >> well of course the blame is on the libyan terrorists and we don't want to minimize that but when it comes to the things we can control, our own government i think the state department and the obama administration as a whole must be made accountable. this was a terrorist attack that where four americans diplomats were murdered. gregg: should she want to know, should she have been involved in security? >> not...
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i think if we all think about the speech that bill clinton gave at the democratic conventi convention, if barack obama could go before congress and give that kind of a speech now i think it would really help him and the democrats win the day in these negotiations and i think that's the kind of thing you were suggesting, right? >> it is but i think he has to be careful not to give a partisan speech. this is a bigger speech than this. this has to do with the future of the republic. after all if we can't even add or subtract tower deficit into some reasonable way so the american people have some predictability and fiscal sanity nothing is going to work. he's the only one who can articulate this to the american people but it has to be done in a way that's not engaged in political gamesmanship. >> i'm not a cynic. sometimes i am but today not particularly. i don't see how a speech somehow brings the american people who feel disconnected with a fiscal cliff discussion. what could i do? you do a very moving, say an amazing speech, moving, i laugh, i cry, i move, to do what? >> these conditio
i think if we all think about the speech that bill clinton gave at the democratic conventi convention, if barack obama could go before congress and give that kind of a speech now i think it would really help him and the democrats win the day in these negotiations and i think that's the kind of thing you were suggesting, right? >> it is but i think he has to be careful not to give a partisan speech. this is a bigger speech than this. this has to do with the future of the republic. after...
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hillary clinton, bill clinton, most of the democrats thought that and it turned out it did not happen. bush gets the blame as a warmonger because he is the intelligence that he inherited from bill clinton. why are we so sure about syrian weapons? thank you. guest: again and, the caller is expressing an understandable skepticism about intelligence on weapons of mass destruction. i will say at this point there is no intention to undertake pre-emptive strikes as happened in iraq. president obama said if syria uses chemical weapons that they will respond. the use of chemical weapons would indicate their existence. host: from ohio, good morning to you. caller: i believe chemical weapons will be an issue with assaad. he is not in an offensive posture. they come in a persistent or nonresistant agent and they are not choosy about who they hit. once the weapons are deployed, he limits his avenues of approach in the defense of areas. also, there are too many what if's. if the wind shifts, other countries can be effective. he just wants to make a point. believe that chemical weapons are going to
hillary clinton, bill clinton, most of the democrats thought that and it turned out it did not happen. bush gets the blame as a warmonger because he is the intelligence that he inherited from bill clinton. why are we so sure about syrian weapons? thank you. guest: again and, the caller is expressing an understandable skepticism about intelligence on weapons of mass destruction. i will say at this point there is no intention to undertake pre-emptive strikes as happened in iraq. president obama...
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the 1990s bill clinton, newt gingrich, welfare reform, a balanced budget. confidence in our government to work together. since then we lost confidence in our government to do absolutely anything. we have left our children a $16 trillion debt. we have been in a war for 11 years. and nobody is feeling good about the future of america. look at your last couple interviews about how people feel about taxes. we dropped to number 16. can we get back to number one? yes, we can, but it takes leadership. megyn: how well the government is performing is some of the criteria. your material well being. how secure people feel in their community. quality of community life and the quality of gender equality in the country. over there in switzerland number one, apparently they do have a lot of freedom. they just voted down a smoking ban but voted in favor of drive-in sex boxes. who is conducting the survey? >> i understand where you are going. who is conducting the survey. i was in zurich this summer. i don't remember all of that. but it's how people feel. do they feel good
the 1990s bill clinton, newt gingrich, welfare reform, a balanced budget. confidence in our government to work together. since then we lost confidence in our government to do absolutely anything. we have left our children a $16 trillion debt. we have been in a war for 11 years. and nobody is feeling good about the future of america. look at your last couple interviews about how people feel about taxes. we dropped to number 16. can we get back to number one? yes, we can, but it takes leadership....